Updated from 2:22 p.m. EST
After marking gains early on, stocks on Wall Street turned narrowly mixed Tuesday afternoon, as traders weighed encouraging news from several big technology companies against troubles in the financial sector and the automakers' group.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, up as much as 204 points earlier, was lately ahead by 42 points at 8316. The S&P 500 was losing 5 points at 846. The Nasdaq was shedding 27 points at 1455.
Two pieces of news were initially helping to lift technology shares. Computer hardware and software maker Hewlett-Packard (HPQ Quote) was partly responsible, after the company said its fourth-quarter profit would exceed analysts' expectations. Shares of H-P, part of the Dow, were rising. ...
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